Cultures 1 pc game. Cultures 1 + 2

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It plays and controls much like the Age of Empire series. From a graphics standpoint, they’re really well-done – it’s really colorful, the vegetation grows back over time, and the grass sways in the wind. As for gameplay, it throws in an non-traditional twist when you find out that your population consumes resources like food and furniture not just when you “buy” the units but also over time as they grow hungry or you give them a house to live in. The game segregates all the working tasks, education and combat to the men while the women are homemakers and baby-producers.

As you expand your civilization, your men acquire new specialties that in turn can be taught at the school to specialize more quickly and can learn to combine increasingly complex trains of goods to produce elaborate new resources. To grow your population, arrange a marriage between a man and a woman, assign them to a house, indicate that you’d like either a girl or a boy, watch the hearts float out of their dwelling, wait for the stork and suddenly you’ve got a new toddler crawling around.

Unfortunately, you’ll have to keep feeding and waiting for that child to grow up before they can be put to work at 15 years they become adults. It’s not your typical game and it’s really slow-paced, but it supports a single player campaign not really worth it except to learn the ropes of the game and a multiplayer version that can be played over the internet or a local area network. My non-gamer girlfriend really enjoyed play this with me too, so it’s not just just a guy’s sort of game.

It’s not hardcore, but also not for small children, despite the “cute” graphics. Get it from a 3rd party seller like I did for maximum savings sorry Amazon, you charge too much! I went through hell to find a new copy of this game and when I found it, I would pay double what it’s worth to experience the fun I had with this title. I would recommend it to anyone 8 to 80 OK, maybe not those extremes, but still..

This was a wonderful product with amazing customer service! Very funny and amusing game. A classic. I love to watch the little people run around and learn how to do things.

I can play this game for hours. As expected game. If you’re sick of NOD forces, Orcs, and collecting spice, then hope lies in this small strategy game from Europe.

I bought this game for a cheap price expecting cheap, short lived fun. I was wrong. As a matter of fact, I’ve probably logged over 25 hours into the game so far in three days!

Each mission is resolved around building a viking village on foreign soil. Each map already has tribes living there, so you can isolate yourself or join the group. If your lucky, the natives will be friendly. The great part of the game is the easy micromanagement of the vikings. You want more vikings? Everything is progressive, example being you watch your vikings grow up and then assign them jobs rather than having them appear out of no where. Some people may be turned off by the long building times and viking development, but the point to realize is that’s when you decide your strategy.

The story is told from the perspective of a young Viking boy, Bjarni , now in adulthood. He and his family form part of a village community on the coast of Greenland whom have come upon hard times with harsh weather conditions ruining their harvest.

One day, a comet comes crashing to Earth, splitting into six pieces as it enters the atmosphere. Convinced that this is a sign from their Gods, the villagers make the necessary preparations to embark on a mission to recover the six pieces in the hope that this will bring them prosperity. The story unfolds across thirteen scenarios, and during the adventure, they come into contact with several other cultures such as Eskimos, Indians, and Mayans.

Besides the campaign, there are four tutorials, a number of standalone single player scenarios including some designed for beginners.

Multiplayer is supported for up to six players across the Internet or a local area network. All players assume the role of the Vikings. As with all games of this genre, the objective is to create a settlement, develop and nurture your villagers into a thriving colony. What makes Cultures different is that success depends on balancing the traditional management of resources whilst meeting the needs of the individual villagers themselves.

Each has a different physical appearance and an AI profile that models individual personality, characteristics, and talents. Villager interaction is far more significant than in other games with the emphasis placed on family and relationships. Villagers marry, have children, and learn different vocations. In Settlers III, the construction of a lodge spews forth many new adult villagers. Whilst the Cultures approach is more socially aware, it’s still far from realistic. You instruct couples to go forth and indulge in some nuptial hanky panky.

This is symbolised by a stream of hearts rising from their home. You can specify whether the result of their union should be male or female and said infant will arrive as a bundle in the beak of a Stork. Playing cupid in this way is novel at first and quite endearing, but soon becomes a micro-management chore.

Depending on your temperament, you will find this extremely rewarding or extremely tedious. It is clear that Cultures has been designed with a ‘cute’ factor firmly in mind. Indeed, THQ have been quite open about their aspirations to tap into the growing female gaming market. Gameplay focuses much more closely on relationships, the establishment of trade routes, and the development of a strong economy than it does on conquest or combat.

The thirty-plus buildings in Cultures follow a fairly typical technology tree with bakeries, mills, farms, wells, iron and gold mines, woodcutters, and huntsman etc. There are one or two structures of note, such as the School that provides a quick way of educating a villager with any skill that has been learned from experience.

This can be handy if you find yourself needing to make a particular skill available in a hurry. There are a number of logical career paths to follow such as Farmer to Miller to Baker to Brewer etc.

The game interface is generally well designed, provides a wealth of information resources to choose from, and is highly configurable. There is excellent online help provided directly from a menu or context sensitive to a structure. There are a number of summary screens that detail such things as occupation, marital status, health, rest, food, experience, etc. This said, I would have like to have seen a number of additions such as an area of operation indicator and problem solving dialogue of some sort.

One of the common – and annoying problems – is the location of a workplace in relation to the worker’s home. The page manual is informative but seems rather fragmented with information about the same structure or game characteristic spread throughout the copy.

The lack of any in-game screen shots for reference purposes is particularly frustrating. This said, the purpose of most of the controls and visual aids are fairly obvious, or become apparent as you play the game. The four scenario based tutorials are a good starting point.

Cultures – Northland on Steam

 
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